Storyteller. Rhonda Sims. On a Mission For Dogs

Rhonda Sims of Anderson, a van driver for Freedom Train Animal Transport is one of many people who travel around 100 miles each to collectively deliver shelter dogs by car and plane to homes along the Atlantic coast. In Belton, pet owners visited a parking lot where Southeastern Pet Vacc mobile home parked for Dr. Walter Herron to give shots for pets, including dogs and cats. Anderson County Animal Shelter is building a new site on U.S. 29 South near S.C. 28 Bypass in Anderson.

Rhonda Sims of Anderson loads a carrier with a shelter dog in her van before driving to an airport in North Carolina from the Anderson County Animal Shelter in Anderson. Sims, a van driver for Freedom Train Animal Transport is one of many people who travel around 100 miles each to collectively deliver shelter dogs by car and plane to homes along the Atlantic coast.

Rhonda Sims of Anderson, a part of driving several shelter dogs with Freedom Train Animal Transport to families out of state, hugs one of the Spaniel mix dogs near her cousin Buddy Crawford of Anderson.

Rhonda Sims of Anderson and Brande Kupfer of the Anderson County Animal Shelter in Anderson prepare Gatsby, a terrier to ride in a van to an airport in North Carolina from the shelter. Sims, a van driver for Freedom Train Animal Transport is one of many people who travel around 100 miles each to collectively deliver shelter dogs by car and plane to homes along the Atlantic coast.

Rhonda Sims of Anderson leads Tanner from fostering participant Greg Crossan of Anderson at the Anderson County Animal Shelter. Sims, a van driver for Freedom Train Animal Transport is one of many people who travel around 100 miles each to collectively deliver shelter dogs by car and plane to homes along the Atlantic coast.

Brande Kupfer of the Anderson County Animal Shelter in Anderson takes a dog tag for Fenley, a cocker spaniel from Rhonda Sims of Anderson processing paperwork at the shelter. Sims, a van driver for Freedom Train Animal Transport is one of many people who travel around 100 miles each to collectively deliver shelter dogs by car and plane to homes along the Atlantic coast.

Rhonda Sims of Anderson holds chihuahua Sissy inside the fenced area for Sandra Bratcher. Sims and friends with the Freedom Train Animal Transport group asked for donations from people to help Bratcher keep her pets by giving them a fenced in backyard instead of tied to a chain.

Lady, a beagle mix, of owner T.J. Harper of Anderson waits his lap for Dr. Walter Herron of Southeastern Pet Vacc to look at his insect bite in a parking lot on the Belton Highway. The mobile vet parks his recreational vehicle for four hours at a time to provide a low-cost vet service to those who want to take care of and keep their pets, which many customers are happy about in hard economic times.

Cindy Osborne of Belton holds Marley Bear, a Cockapoo while paying for a vaccine to Southeastern Pet Vacc mobile vet assistant Claire Harper in a parking lot on the Belton Highway. Dr. Walter Herron parks his recreational vehicle, a mobile vet service for four hours at a time to provide a low-cost vet service to those who want to take care of and keep their pets, which many customers are happy about in hard economic times.

Dr. Walter Herron of Southeastern Pet Vacc talks to Steve Craft of Belton before giving Roxie, a puppy Pomeranian her first shot in a parking lot on the Belton Highway.

Dr. Walter Herron of Southeastern Pet Vacc gives a shot to Baybay, a Jack Russell terrier of Jo Ann Lowie of Belton in a parking lot on the Belton Highway. The mobile vet parks his recreational vehicle for four hours at a time to provide a low-cost vet service to those who want to take care of and keep their pets, which many customers are happy about in hard economic times.

Construction workers build walls around the new Anderson County Animal Shelter on U.S. 29 South near S.C. 28 Bypass in Anderson.

Sandra Bratcher, left, watches her daughter Heather Bratcher play with Ozzy, a boxer, inside a new fenced in backyard. Bratcher said it would have been hard to keep her pets because she could not afford a fence, but donors heard her wish and provided her one big enough for the three dogs to play in.